Cora Root Loom,
Time spent In killing Insect pests
must usually be set down as so much
time lost from the constructive work
of improving the tilth of the soil, and
attending to the other needs of the
crops. Occasionally, however, an Im
proved system of cultivation gets rid
of our Insect enemies at the same time.
This Is conspicuously the case In the
method recently proposed by Prof.
Forbes, of Illinois, for destroying the
corn root louse.
The pest works havoc to both sweet
and field corn. The small brown ant
attends the louse and Is responsible
for carrying it about the field. Pro
fessor Forbes found that by using a
disk harrow one to three times early
In the spring, before the corn Is plant
ed, from 80 to 05 per cent of the ants
and corn root lice are destroyed, and
no further treatment Is required dur
ing the season. The peculiar virtues
of this remedy are that It Is simple,
effective and good for the corn, since
the soil Is thereby put In a better state
of cultivation.
CHICKEN COOP.
Safe Chicken Coop.
It has been proven by statistics that
the raising of chickens is the greatest
Industry In the United States. Of
course this Includes
those who are In
this business on a
large scale for prof
It, and also those
who probably keep
a half dozen fowl
In the back yard.
- Nevertbeless.wheth
cr for business or
pleasure, cb I cken
raising Is an Inter
esting pastime that
appeals to every
body. It Is claimed that chickens
should have as much care as a human
being to Insure the best results, and
modern methods certainly tend In that
direction. The chicken coop shown here
Is a good example. It Is simple, effi
cient and durable. As shown here It Is
rectangular In form, being made of
sheet metal. The top and sides are
IxMit to shape, with flanges at the bot
tom which connect with the flooring.
At each side are supports which bold
the coop slightly above the ground,
tending to keep the coop molsture
Itroof and preventing rain or other
water from entering. At each end are
Irforated doors, which are very easi
ly held In position. At the bottom of
each door Is an extension, through
which passes a rod, the latter extend
ing through the top of the coop and
also Into the ground, preventing the
coop from being displaced. In this way
the fowl are rendered safe against the
attacks of animals.
At Weaning? Time.
At weaning time there Is not so
much danger of losing the pigs as of
checking their growth. The pig Is not
jet a hog, and he can hardly subsist
as the hog does. A good deal of nour
ishment In liquid form Is needed, and
also some tender grass. It does
not take much grain, but they like a
bit of oats, wheat or corn. Their teeth
cannot handle much that Is bard;
hence softening it by soaking will be
leueflclal. Sweet milk and middlings
warmed with hot water will appeal to
their appetites at weaning time, and
It need uot'be made as strong as when
fed later. It Is generally known that
sour milk should not be given. Field
and Farm.
Routine Crab Graaa with Clover. J
Crab grass Is like the dog In the
manger, It kills out every other stem
of green grass and then turns brown
Itself. It makes a coarse and ugly
cover In the lawn and the Individual
who attempts to eradicate It by dig
ging and cultivation may be entirely
without a lawn for two or three years.
If anything can get the best of crab
grass In a fair contest, it Is white
clover. In a number of lawns In Wash
ington and elsewhere white clover has
furnished the means for a final vic
tory over crab grass. The white clov
er gradually invades the area of crab
grass, replacing the latter with a close,
dark-green carpet
Home-Mad Kerosene Emulsion.
The amateur can make this very eas
ily: Take of hard soap half a pound
and dissolve in one gallon of boiling
water; tten add two gallons of kero
ene and ebura thoroughly tor ten min
ute. The efficiency of the preparation
depends upon thorough mixing. This
stock mixture la diluted four times
Cor teal or up to twenty times lor lice.
The stronger dilution will havt one
gallon of kerosene to six and a half of
water. Where the water Is very hard,
use ou gallon of sour milk to two gal
Ions Of EWQSOna,
Dry Farmlna".
The Campbell system of dry farm
In?, which was first tried in the seml
nrld portions of North Dakota and
about which much has appeared in
newspapers and magazines within the
past year or two, is doing great things
for many portions of the Western
States, where with a rainfall of but
ten or twelve Inches per annum bumper
crops of corn, wheat, beets and other
crops can be grown. This system of
crop culture la based ou tlitf' c-ofiswra-tlon
of practically all of the moisture
in the soil through a dust or surface
mulch, and under It as high as forty
bushels of corn to the acre have been
grown in North Dakota, fifty bushels
of wheat per acre In western Nebraska,
while better than twenty tons of beets
have been produced in Colorado. While
this method of crop culture has little
value In those portions of the country
where there Is an abundant rainfall, It
does have a tremendous Import In all
territory where there Is fertility in
the soil, but an annual rainfall of less
than twenty Inches.
Sheep the Market Demand.
Pays a Western writer on sheep:
The market calls for iheep with a daW:
face and legs, and a close fleece Is ai
advantage. There never has been a
time when a fair profit could not be
obtained from the keeping of sheep.
Tuero are In the world to-day 00,000,000
lewer sheep than twelve years ago, and
the consumption of mutton and wool Is
rapidly Increasing, hence it Is safe to
conclude that sheep to the farmer Is a
snfp proposition. Do not start on a
large scale ; begin , low and work up.
The Western farmer does not like to do
this, and you are no exception. You
have never planted the apple because
you did not expect to stay to eat the
fruit You must rush on and do big
things. Do you not know that In the
animal as well as the vegetable world
rapid growth means rapid decay? Plant
thlr live stock business and then give
It time to strike Its roots deep down,
and after It Is fairly rooted allow the
top to grow.
Care of Orchards Pays.
Fruit growers about Saugatuck,
Mich., have been busy trimming their
apple-trees, says Country Gentleman.
Ten years ago they were thinking of
cutting them down and setting out
peach trees. To-day every half-dead
tree is trimmed, and If there Is noi
enough manure, fertilizer is bought for
these half-dead trees. Six years ago
one of Saugatuck's young farmers mar
ried a Chicago girl who .used to spend
her vacation there. She' loved country
life, and was a subscriber to agricul
tural magazines. Her husband's or
chard was Just like the rest untrlmmed
and had never been sprayed. She made
him buy manure, trim the trees, plow
and spray. Two years ago be began
to hire his neighbor's orchards. Last
year he was the only one who had ap
ples to sell, and cleared $2,000.
Grow Peed on the Farm.
The Massachusetts, State crop report
contains an nrticle by Prof. F. S. Cooley
on "Some Causes Affecting the Profits
of Dairying." On the subject of feed
ing dairy cattle the professor urges
that feeds be produced on the farm as
far as possible. Usually the best prac
tice is to purchase only feeds rich In
protein and raise the coarse fodders
on the farm. Cows fed on starvation
rations yield no profit, and those over
fed with expensive feeds are also kept
at a loss. The point of highest profit
in feed must be determined by experi
ment and calculation, and varies with
the locality and circumstances of the
feeder.
Ear Way to Get Rid of Stnmpa.
A method of getting rid of stumps
which has been highly recommended
and which, to be effective, should be
done now, Is as follows: Bore a hole
one or two Inches In diameter and
about eighteen Inches deep Into the
center of the stump. Then put Into
this hole one or two ounces of salt
peter. Fill the hole with water and
plug It up. In the spring take out
the plug, pour in about one-half gal
lon of kerosene oil and light it. The
stump will smolder away to the very
extremities of the roots, leaving noth
ing but the ashes. Farming.
Improving the Herd.
Select as far as possible females
which conform to the standard of ex
cellence of the breed. If this Is accom
plished It will insure a uniformity in
type that Is highly desirable. If in ad
dition to this it Is possible to select
cows and heifers that are similarly
bred they will be more likely to pro
duce uniformity in their offspring.
Care of Machinery.
Thousands of dollars' worth of farm
machinery is now being shipped Into
the country that will never aenln ha
protected from the weather.
This exposure means an appalling
financial loss to the farmers, since t ra.
duces fully one-half the period of use
fulness of an intricate machine.
When buying your new Implements,
promise yourself that you will provide
them shelter and the best of care. Make
your arrangements for housing before
you purchase. Rummer rains art as do
tractive as winter snows.
waukishVs imams' community
THAT DEPENDS SOLELY 0M FAITH FOR.
MATERIAL SUPPORT AND VENTS ITS
FERVOR IX ACROBATICS,
Perhaps the most remarkable of all
religious colonies that accept the Bible
as their only guide has been establish
ed at Waukesha, Wis. In the mineral
water belt the colonists are known as
the "Holy Jumpers," legally they are
incorporated as the "Metropolitan
Church Association," and for everyday
purposes they call themselves members
of the "Holiness" band.
In a sense the colony Is communistic,
but Its underlying principle Is opposed
to the standards of business. No com
mercial or Industrial feature Is Inter
woven In the enterprise. There are
eighty acres of corn and vegetables, but
this will not support the hundreds who
have Identified themselves with the
movement There Is a printing estab
lishment but no profits on the books
or pamphlets.
"The Lord will provide," assert the
colonists, who devote all their time to
religion and unmaterial matters, with
out providing for feeding, clothing or
housing. Yet the leaders In the move
ment were - formerly shrewd and suc
cessful business men. while the rank
and file are In Intelligence above the
average of the kind who usually iden
tify themselves with a religious craze.
For the time being the Holy Jump
ers are a great attraction at Waukesha
nnd a marvel to every sober-minded
person who visits them. Duke M. Far
son, the most extraordinary person In
"religion" In the country to-day, stands
at the head of the Jumpers. He amass
ed a fortune in the bond business In
Chicago and was regarded as a mil
lionaire. He drifted from the luxuries
and extravagances of city life deeper
and deeper Into religious matters until
finally he sold out what was left of his
business and disposed of his real estate,
devoting his time to spiritual matters.
A Methodist with inclinations toward
"shouting," he occasionally filled the
pulpits of prominent churches In Chi
cago until they canie a time when the
exuberance of his Joy caused him aud
his friends to commit disturbing ex
cesses, and then they organized what
was constituted a Metropolitan Church,
Into which they have put their money
as well as their faith. The organiza
tion Increased and as they feared po
lice Interference In Chicago, they moved
to Waukesha, where they bought the old
Fountain Springs notel, an enormous
stone structure containing 500 rooms
besides the grand dining-room. There
are about 300 persons In the colony,
nearly all adults, while Far son is the
leader by common consent Another
Important personage is F. M. Messen
ger, general superintendent, who for
years was general manager of the
Grosvenor Cotton Mills at North Gros
venor, Conn., and who, since Joining the
colony, has twice refused offers of $15,
000 to manage mills. He looks after
the physical property. Edwin L.. Har
vey, vice president has a chain of lodg
ing houses In Chicago, which were pat
ronized by 2,000 men every night He
gave up this business, with its large
Income, to Join the Jumpers. His wife
Is treasurer.
Heard and viewed from a little dis
tance, one of the regular Sunday night
church services of the Waukesha en
thnnlsRta resembles a cross between a
foot-ball rush and a red hot political
convention. After the services have
been opened with song It takes about
one minute to develop the demonstra
tions which have given the colonists the
name of "Jumpers." It Is. doubtful If
there Is an athlete who can perform
the physical feats done dally by many
of the members of this congregation.
No sooner Is the fervor of the congre
gation fired by the singing than Uie
Jumping begins. The word jumping Is
not used figuratively. Dozens and
sometimes scores of the worshipers
break into a perpendicular dance, which
consists of Jumping straight up and
down with most marvelous rapidity.
The Jump is not merely the raising of
the jumper on his or her toes, but a
clean, flat-footed Jump with both feet
several inches from the ground.
The whirling of fanatical Arab der
vishes has stood for the climax of phy
sical demonstration in religion. Any
dervish who will learn how to stand
flat-footed and lift himself by his boot
straps or sandal thongs as do the
"jumpers" at Waukesha will have an
accomplishment that will surpass his
old-time calling.
Divine healing is one of the most
pronounced of the "Jumpers'" beliefs.
A distinction Is made, however, be
tween surgery and medicine. "The set
ting of a broken bone," explained Mr.
Farson, "is a mechanical process md
the first aid to nature. .Still even In
surgical cases we have had the most
remarkable instances of the power of
prayer to facilitate healing."
The Faithful Housewife:
cal PlatformsP"
"Why Can't You Put That In Your Politi-
Balted the Wrong: Flah.
It sometimes happens that the cure
Is worse than the disease. It was in
the case of the mother who tried to
break her little Theodore of the habit
of taking sweets off the sideboard.
"We often have bonbons when there
are guests to luncheon," she said, "and
although Theodore promises not. to
touch them be always does."
"Ton might do as I did In the same
circumstances," suggested the neighbor,
smiling remlnlscently.
"What did yon dor
"I carefully removed the inside fill
ing from a chocolate drop and stuffed
the shell with red pepper."
"Did it work?"
"It might have worked," replied the
neighbor, "If Johnny had happened to
spy it As it was, I forgot all about It
in the press of other matters, and at
dinner-time the guest of the evening
got It"
Bookkeeping;.
Secretary Under what head shall I
pnt down the cost of the operation per
formed on th baroness f
Baron General repairs. Translat
I ed for Tales from Slmpllolsslmoa.
A Little Lesson
In Patriotism
I
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F. L. TBEMAIH.
Frederick Lyman Tremaln was still
a student In college when the firing on
Fort Sumter aroused the North and
South to war. His
only desire was to
give his services for
the union, but bis
father refused to al
low him to enlist be
cause of his extreme
youth. It was In
vain that he pro
tested his desire.
When the Presi
dent's second call
for troops aroused
the country to the
dangers that threat
ened the govern
ment, the father
gave his consent
Young Tremaln's
first duty was as
sisting in the defenses of the fortifica
tions around Washington. For fifteen
months he devoted himself zealously
to this work. The exposure and" the
climate told on him and be was strick
en with typhoid fever.
After his recovery he was placed in
the cavalry. His first battle was the
terrible one of the Wilderness, and in
that be distinguished himself by the
most gallant conduct under fire. He
won honors at Chlckahomlny. It was
In this battle that a spent shell was
burled against him, wounding him se
verely. Throughout the entire cam
paign in Virginia Tremaln was In ev
ery hot battle, and in every one dis
played his courage and disregard of
his own life when he might "help to win
the fight
It was In the battle of Hatcher's Run
on the Cth of February, 1805, that Tre
maln received the wound that caused
his death two days later. He died in
the City Point Hospital, Virginia, giv
ing up his life 'for the cause he served
almost at the time that the cause was
won.
THE FUTURE CZAR OF RUSSIA.
This picture of the future Czar of
Russia, only son of Czar Nicholas, was
taken at Peterhof palace, fifteen miles
from St Petersburg. At the time the
little fellow was practically a prisoner
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ALEXIS JHC0LA1EVITCH.
within the garden walls of the palace,
which were heavily guarded. Cossacks
patrolled the neighborhood day and
night and the royal children were also
watched over by an army of guards,
police agents and spies.
The Irony of fate reaches its climax
in this photograph of Alexis Nicolale
vltch, the Czar-of Russia's only son
and heir. All unconscious of the ever
nearer rolling wave of revolution
which threatens to outrun the horrors
of the French revolution, knowing
nothing of the ever Increasing terrors
of massacre which daily strike horror
to the hearts of the whole civilized
world, the future Czar of all the Rus
sias plays In the grounds of Peterhof
with his sisters, a prisoner, close
guarded by the few loyal soldiers left
to his father. Little Alexis Is chief of
all the Cossacks and of many regi
ments, all of whom are in a state of
open or secret mutiny.
Worriment.
"You say that wealth brings yon
only worry?"
"Yes," answered Mr. Bullions.
"What kind of worry r
"Worry for fear some of It will get
away." Washington Star.